Refreshing myself a little bit on the days of the week and just on naming the days.
maandag
dinsdag
woensdag
donderdag
vrijdag
zaterdag
zondag
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de ochtend – morning
de middag – afternoon
de avond – evening
de nacht – night
vrijdagavond
zondagmiddag
zondagochtend
in ieder geval – in any case, anyhow
in het ergste geval – in the worst case; if the worst comes to the worst;
het geval – 1. case, affair 2. circumstances
It turned out that there are two words for “them” in Dutch when it comes to people — hen and hun. And there’s the third word for “them” to refer to things — ze.
Ze
De vrouw heeft de appelen. – The woman has the apples.
De vrouw heeft ze. – The woman has them.
When referring to people, the difference appears between a direct object and an indirect object.
Het meisje ziet de vrienden. – The girl sees the friends
Zij ziet hen. – She sees them
Here het meisje is the subject and de vrienden are the direct object.
Het meisje geeft de vrienden een foto – The girl gives the friends a photo.
Zij geeft hun een foto – She gives them a photo.
In this case, what the girl gives is the direct object, it’s the photo. She gives it to friends, who are the indirect object. This is when hun kicks in.
I’ve found out that if a verb starts with “ont-” it could be one of the two following cases:
1. Adds “away”, “un-” or “release” to the meaning of a verb
nemen – to take
ontnemen – to take away, to deprive
doen – to do
ontdoen – to undo, to discard
2. Indicates the beginning of action or changing of the state
branden – to burn, to be on fire
ontbranden – to ignite, to flame up
staan – to stand
ontstaan – to come into being, to arise, to originate, to start
A couple of days ago, while on my way to work, I realized that there could be a connection between the words moe and moeilijk!
moeilijk – difficult, hard
moe – tired
Something difficult makes you tired! 🙂
I noticed that two words for “bicycle” are used on the signs in the streets of the Netherlands. One is fiets and the other is rijwiel:
 U kunt uw (brom)fiets stallen aan de overkant of rechts om de hoek. |
 Geen rijwielen plaatsen – No placing for bicycles |
I wonder what the difference is. There’s a Wikipedia article about “fiets”. If I look for “rijwiel”, I get redirected to the same article about “fiets”. My knowledge is not enough to get through the article, but according to what I could get the word “rijwiel” should no longer be in use.
I should get back to this article later, maybe after I am done with Di3m.
Adding a few words from the article to my vocabulary:
de wetgeving – legislation
kennen, kende, gekend – to know, to be acquainted with
de hulp – help, assistance
terwijl – while, whereas
nooit – never, certainly not
behalve – except, besides, in addition to
dan – then, than
::Keep in Dutch:: 